Ammunition-wagon.



G. HAGELLOCH.

AMMUNITION WAGON APPLICATION FILED APR. I5, 1914- Patented Feb. 27,1917.

L IT ATE PATENT GEORG HAGELLOCH, OF ESSEN-ON-TI-IE-RUHR, GERMANY, ASSIG'NOB TO FRIED. KRUPLB AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, OF ESSEN-ON-THE-RUHR, GERMANY.

AMMUNITION-WAGON.

Application filed April 15, 1914.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnome I'TAGELLOOH, residing at Essen-on-the-Ruhr, Germany, a citizen of the German Empire, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Ammunition-IVagons, bf which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in ammunition wagons, particularly with the object of eliminating the use of a prop for the wagon thill.

One embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing representing an ammunition wagon, from which the ammunition is taken out in front, where the thill is situated.

Figure 1 shows a side view, partly in section of an ammunition wagon in limber'edup position and,

Fig. 2, a similar view of the unlimbered Wagon.

The ammunition wagon is provided with a chest A for storing made-up ammunition B, and with an axle tree D for the wheels E, which axle tree extends through the chest.

In the lower portion of the chest A is secured the thill C, carrying the pintle eye 0 The top a of the wagon chest serves as a seat for the attendants. The front side a of the wagon chest, that is the side facing the pintle eye may be pulled up, and fastened by means of hooks f or similar device to the arm rests F of the seat, when in the raised position, see Fig. A foot rest G for the attendants is provided on the front side (02.

The part of the thill C projecting from the wagon chest, is bent downward, so that it may be immediately used as a prop or support for the chest on unlimbering the wagon,

Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1917.

Serial No. 831,998.

see Fig. 2. The ammunition will then lie almost horizontal. This form of thill is suitable for ammunition wagons in which the ammunition is removed in front toward the thill, providing the further advantage, that the attendant, removing the ammunition from the wagon chest does not need to stand beside the thill, but may preferably stand above the thill with spread out legs or sit on it, placing himself behind the middle of the wagon chest, that is, in a well protected .50 position.

I claim 1. An ammunition wagon having a thill and an ammunition chest, opening toward the thill side of the wagon; a door for said chest constructed to be raised to form a shield and means for securing it in open position; said door being provided with a footrest and said thill being bent downwardly forming a prop for the wagon when unlimbered.

2. An ammunition wagon having an ammunition chest and a thill constructed to be limbered and unlimbered; the thill having a downward inclination relatively to the am- 5 munition chest which causes the ammunition chest to incline rearwardly when the thill is limbcred up, but which sustains the ammunition chest in a substantially vertical position when the thill is unlimbered and rests di rectly upon the ground.

The foregoing specification signed at Barmen, Germany, this 25th day of March, 1914;.

GEOR-G HAGELLOCH. [n s.]

In presence of HELEN NUFER, ALBERT NUFER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

